Temperature stabilization of optical waveguides
US6449293B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/0675
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of temperature stabilizing an optical waveguide (11, 12) having a positive thermal optical path length expansion affixes the optical waveguide to at least two points of a material having a negative thermal expansion and comprises the material of a composite of a resin matrix having embedded therein fibers having a negative thermal expansion coefficient and optionally fibers having a positive thermal expansion coefficient, whereby to provide the negative thermal expansion.
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